Whip-socket



(No Model.)

G. P. ROSE.

WHIP SOCKET.

No. 327,021. Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

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GEORGE P. ROSE, OF FENTON, MICHIGAN.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,021, datedSeptember 29,1885.

Application filed February 14, 1885. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE P.ROSE, residing at Fenton, in the county ofGenesee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Whip-Sockets; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention,and is avertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2is a back view. Fig. 3 is across-section taken where the dotted lines 00 x are marked on Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken where the dotted lines 3 y are marked onFig. 1.

This invention has relation to means for fastening whip-socketsinposition; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofdevices; all as hereinafter set forth,and pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a metallicwhip-socket having a vertically-elongated back or back plate, B, adaptedto fit upon the leather-covered rail of the dash, as indicated at O. Theback B is provided on each side with a perforation, D, which is usuallyat about its middle portion.

E is the clamping bar or strip,which is made in concave curved form tofit the outer contour of the rail over the dash-leather. The clamp isprovided with perforations F at its ends.

G represents a rivet or screw having the under side of its head madeconvex, as indicated at K, and this rivet is formed with a shoulder atL, with which the back of the socket is in contact when said rivet is inposition, having beenpasscd through the outer perforation,F,of the clampand secured in the perforation D, on the outer side of said back. Thesocket having been adjusted in place on the dash, a perforation is madethrough the leather or the inner side of the rail, and a screw, S, ispassed through the clamp and leather into the inner perforation, D, ofthe back B, said perforation being threaded to engage the screw. Theobject is to provide a fastening which will permit the socket to bemoved upon the dash up and down in getting it into proper positionwithout defacing the leather of the dash.

The rounded head of the outer rivet or screw, G, has a sort of hingeaction, and enables the operator to move the clamp outward or away fromthe surface of the leather while making the adjustment, and when the adjustment is made the inner screw is applied and the clamp is brought upagainst the dash and fastened by the screw S.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

The combination,with a whip-socket and its elongated back, of an outerclamp perforated at each end, a shouldered rivet or screw, G, having theunder side ofits head convex, and the clamp-screw S, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE P. ROSE.

Witnesses:

HENRY 0. Brass, GEo. W. WILMOT.

